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Terrace Bay News, 3 Jul 1947, p. 3

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PERRACE BAY PROM SMASH SUCCESS - continued Page Three Highlights of the evening's entertainment were two skits: "Terrace Bay Divided", featur- ing J.T.Corbett as Senator Limberkey; and, "John's Other Mother", starring Dave Stanley as the reader of commercials for M.U.D. -- "Mud", the scap that does nothing. When the dance ended at 2:00 p.m., guests reluctantly departed and demands were heard on all sides for another on the same scale in the near future. The financial statement fcr the Prom will appear in next week's edition of the news, Our thanks go cut to all who helped to make the "Prom" a smash success. -cOce SNACK BAR OPENED AT RECREATION CENTRE Terrace Bay now boasts a Snack Bar where, during the evening hours, a perscn can satisfy, to some extent, at least the wants of the inner man fcr a bit to eat after the show or ball game. While all items may not be fcr sale all of the time, the following items will generally be available: Assorted sandwiches and cakes; soft drinks, tea, ecffee and milk; iee eream; fresh fruit (in seascn), In the snack bar, newspapers and a large variety of magazines may also be purchased as well as cigars, cigarettes, tobaeco and choeclate bars. Other items may be added from time to time. At present, the hours are from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m, daily, with additicna] hours Sature day, Sunday and holidays -- 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. . 4ll profits above a fixed percentage will go into the Reereation Fund and will be used to develop additional reereational activities at Terrace Bay. -o0o= ONTARIO CONSTRUCTION COMPaNY NEWS All geod Ontario Construction Company men rejoieed last Sunday afterncon as the Ontario Construction Cempany's first team crushed the Hydro Kilowatts 63 in one of the opening league games of the season. Behind Big Jim Kearns! superb hurling, the big bats of Jerry Ferguscn and Gord MeKnight paved the way for an easy victory, Latest Ontaric Construetion Company 'find' is Al. Graham of the conerete gang, who played a bangeup game at second base, Monday afternoon, a good time was had by all at the ecnerete pouring. Aarnio was reported later, tc have been seen pushing the vibrator towards Lake Superior. Truman Caverlee, our genial carpenter, is quoted as saying that he will never be out cf a job as long as the present concrete gang is around. Truman is the man who repairs the breaks, -c0o= SOFTBaLL TROPHY NEEDED Now that cur Softball seascn is under way, with eleven teams entered in the two mass leagues sponsored by the Terrace Bay Softball Assceiation, the need is now apparent for a trophy which can be used as an incentive to the team. Perhaps some form of reeogniticn should also be the lot of those players who constitute the championship team whieh will emerge from our first season of organized Softball at Terrace Bay. The trcrhy eculd be gcmpeted fer annually. The players' awards could vary from year to year, The Editcr-in-Chief of the Terrace Bay News will be happy tc answer any questicns from any individual or group interested in assisting the above eause, -cOo# ' WHO'S WHO AROUND THE JOB R.P."Dick Rigby" - Superintendent, Ontaric Construction Company, This week, our who's who spotlight falls on the smiling face of genial R.P."Dick"Rigby, Superintendent of Ontario Construction Company, the eontraetcrs responsible-fcr mugh of the work which has contributed to the present well-developed status of cur Townsite. Diek (who has been around the Terrace Bay prcjeet since back in June, 1946, when Ontario started tc dig sewer and water lines and pour ccnerete basements for our houses) is a product of Scuthern Ontario'sthriving metrcpolis, St.Catharines, where he first saw the light cf day, It's quite natural that Dick Rigby should be in the ccnstructicn business. His grandfather built the first tube (underground subway) from Waterloc to Pdeidilly in London, England. Dick's father started a Canadian Branch of his father's English eonstructicn business bee fore the first great war and since that time, Ontaric Ccnstruction Company Limited has forged steadily ahead. They have the honour of having removed the first shovel lcad cf earth back in the early '20's from what is now the famous Welland Ship Canal which connects Lake Erie with

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